"Emotions are like a rainbow-there is a color for every one we feel. And when the lonely feeling starts to take over the rainbow, it's time for The Gray Book! Simple activities, tips, and tricks help young readers whose lonely gray shines brightest in the rainbows of their colorful minds. They can turn the pages from front to back or back to front. They can use every single page or open the book to just one random page. Soon, the other colors of their...

Lonely and shy, ten-year-old May Ellen Bird has no idea what awaits her when she falls into the lake and enters The Ever After, home of ghosts and the Bogey Man.

Explores the reasons why people are afraid of being alone and discover simple tips for facing this fear. Reassuring facts and helpful photos provide the knowledge young readers need to face their fear of being alone.

Ten-year-old Edward lives in his family-run retirement home. While his mother struggles to keep the family business afloat and his father copes with the onset of a mid-life crisis, Edward leads an increasingly lonely existence until he meets Clarence, a retired magician and grieving widower who refuses to give in gracefully to old age.

"In this book, readers will discover how to recognize loneliness in others and how to best respond to it with empathy and understanding. Social and emotional learning (SEL) concepts support growth mindset throughout, while Try This! and Grow with Goals activities at the end of the book further reinforce the content. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text engage young readers as they learn more about the emotion of loneliness. Includes...

Finn, a young boy, is lonely. Puss, a cat, is lost. Then Finn and Puss meet. Suddenly Finn isn't lonely anymore, and Puss seems quite happy to be with Finn too. So when Finn sees a Lost poster, put up by Puss's owners, he is faced with a tough decision. Will he do the right thing?

"Connie the Cuddly Cat is feeling lonely, but all her AlphaPet friends are busy and have no time to play with her. Connie thinks that nobody cares for her and decides to run away. When the AlphaPets discover she's missing, they realize how lonely and sad she was feeling. Can they find her and let her know how much they really care?"--Prelim.

"A lonely newspaper boy discovers the wonders of friendship and music, learning that when you recognize what makes you truly happy, you're never really alone. Drawn from elements of the song, 'American Pie" and writer Don McLean's early life, this lushly illustrated fable weaves key elements from the iconic anthem to create a classic tale for generations to share. Don McLean was a newspaper boy in New Rochelle, NY - February, 1959, 'The Day The Music...

Way up high where the clouds and rainbows live, the Care Bears watch over the Earth and make sure everyone is kind and friendly to one another. So when they see an evil spirit trick a a lonely boy into helping make people mean, the Bear heroes jump into action! The come to the rescue with the animals from the Forest of Feelings, but it is going to take an awful lot of love to defeat the spirit's powerful spell.